This Game Called Softball

Fred Dresser Our last article dove into the history of the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA). This article will look into how the game of softball actually started. George Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade, is credited with inventing softball in 1887. That year, Hancock gathered with some friends at the Farragut…

Lady Niners Hold Kick-Off “Putt Now … Wine Later,” “Hometown Pride,” and Memorial League Events

Joan Smith, PCL9GA Publicity On Nov. 14 the PebbleCreek Lady Nine-Hole Golf Association (PCL9GA) kicked off their season with the theme “Putt Now … Wine Later” Chardonnay Shamble format on Tuscany Falls East Course. Event Co-Chairs were Norma Guillaume and Tina Stepzinski. On Nov. 28 Patti Engelhardt, PCL9GA Past President, and Ellen Enright, PCLGA Past President, organized a 9-hole scramble on…

PebbleCreek Quilters Create an Elephant!

Cynthia Schwartz Diane Rottman, a member of the PebbleCreek Quilters Club, taught a two-day Paper Piecing class for advanced quilters. Attendees created an elephant using colors of their choice and sewing 244 pieces of fabric. Paper Piecing is a technique used by quilters to easily sew complex designs. The method uses a paper template, folding fabric, sewing…

January Genealogy Club News

Denise Beeson and Patti Wehrs Join us for the new year on Monday, Jan. 8 from 9 a.m. to noon in the Eagle’s Nest Palm Room. “I really believe it is important to hear what our elders share with us while they are alive and honor the stories of their life and of those who were before them. If…

T.T.T. Chapter Q News

Ronnie Levine Chapter Q proudly received the Violet Award in recognition of our generosity to the Project Fund of the National T.T.T. Society for the 2021-2023 Biennium. We distributed holiday gifts to all the girls we have sponsored who still attend Heritage Elementary, which serves K-8. The recipients were very touched and grateful. Also, Chapter…